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The Citizen, 2010-09-30, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010. NEWS FROM AUBURN ACW considers road assumption by-law impactWilliam Eddie, a landowner inAshfield-Colborne-Wawanoshwants to build a home, but therearen’t any assumed roads leading to where he wants to build. William, and his wife Shelley, own lots 19 and 20 on Huron Street in Port Albert. The couple wants to build a new home in the area, but are afraid they won’t be able to access their home throughout the winter months. Huron Street has no assumed access to it, although the township does own all of the roads that lead to the property. The Eddies came to council recently to ask them to help with the construction, which could set a risky precedent for council. Most development of this sortwould be covered by the firstdeveloper to decide to try and buildon lands, according to neighbouringcouncils.“Normally it is first one to theplate pays the cost,” a letter from Central Huron staff stated. “It does not seem right, but that is normally the way it goes.” Council decided to seek alternatives, including charging every land owner who could get potential, reasonable use out of a road that is brought to assumable standards. “We could build up the road until we can assume it, and then create development charges to recover the funds,” Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek stated. Van Diepenbeek then inquired as to whether everyone can be charged who would get use out of the road after it is assumed, including cottageowners who live at the end of theroad. Councillor Doug Miller didn’t likethe idea though, since council wouldhave to absorb those costs in theinterim. “We would have to sit on that money until someone developed the lands,” he said. Landowners could be billed for the work of bringing the road to standards through the Municipal Act, which council recently invoked to charge residents of Port Albert for the London Street rebuilding. Van Diepenbeek stated that this was the only way to show developers that there is progression in the township. “If you never start anything, nothing happens,” he said. Councillor Barry Millian agreed, stating that, if they were to implement a by-law to allow them toupgrade roads with this kind ofpayment option, the roads aroundthe Eddies’home are a good place tostart.“It’s as good an area as any todevelop,” he said. “The roads could service lake view cottages, so they could become year round, and it’s close to Goderich and off a major highway.” Miller was still apprehensive about setting a by-law to allow this kind of development. “We can end up tying a lot of capital up with this kind of procedure,” he said. Councillors decided that they would contact their engineers and solicitors to see what work would need to be done, what price-point the township would be dealing with, and how much of that would need to be paid entirely by the township. By Denny ScottThe Citizen ACW residents seek ‘sensible’ fire protection Jim Schneider, Jacqui Laporte and Keith Allen attended the Ashfield- Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) Council meeting last week to further discuss the issue of fire coverage for the portion of Auburn in ACW. This area is still covered by the Clinton Fire Department under an agreement that was made in the spring. After some debate, council agreed to hold a meeting among the reeves, councillors and fire chiefs of Central Huron, North Huron and Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh to try to come to an agreement that makes sense for the residents of Auburn. Jim, Jacqui and Keith have asked to be representatives at that meeting and will continue to keep the village residents informed. To assist them, call your local councillor or reeve and continue to ask for the closest department to our village to respond. On Saturday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m., Knox United Church in Auburn will host “An Evening With Friends.” This variety concert will feature The Harbouraires Mens’ Choir from the Goderich area, Marshall and Ethan Durnin playing their violins, and musical entertainment by minister Terry Fletcher and his wife, Mary. Neil McGavin of Walton will be the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Advance tickets will be $10 for adults, $5 for children Grade 8 and under ($12 and $6 at the door). For tickets, call Cathy Carter 519-526- 7217, Carol McDowell 519-526 7214, Marg Bakker 519-529-7428, or contact any church board member. This sounds like an exciting event – hope everyone can attend! Wayne and Cathy Carter hosted a village potluck on Saturday evening at their beautiful backwoods property. Many neighbours and friends gathered for great food and fun despite the cold, damp weather. Special mention goes to Jeff Carter and Shawna Popp – the champions of the evening horseshoe tournament. Creative Crew holds third scrapbooking meeting, discuss how to remove photos from “bad” albums By Reba Jefferson The Wawanosh Creative Crew held its third meeting for the members’ scrapbooking projects on Friday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. at the home of Eileen George. Before the meeting began, Cathy Drennan passed out slips of paper with the start of a saying on it and members were to come up with the end of the saying. Reba Jefferson opened the meeting with the pledge, then led roll call which asked members to share a title from one of their scrapbooking pages, to show that a title can go anywhere on a page. Loretta Higgins and Jolande Oudshoorn volunteered to read the first meeting’s summary and Reba read minutes from the second. Cathy then talked about the 4-H chicken barbecue supper in Seaforth which is on Sunday, Oct. 3 and members are to donate something for the silent auction. Members then read aloud about layout designs. Marita Oudshoorn then showed members how to remove photos from a “bad” album. This can be done by blow drying the picture or using dental floss behind the photo to ease it off. Eileen George then spoke about the importance of cropping and when to crop. Members learned the less cropping, the better. The club then got to work on their scrapbooks putting to use their knowledge of layout design, cropping and more. After scrapbooking for an hour members enjoyed a snack provided by the Higgins family. Reba closed the meeting with the motto. The next meeting will be held on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. at Eileen George’s home. Second Meeting The Wawanosh 4-H Creative Crew began the second meeting of their scrapbooking club on Friday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. with the president, Reba Jefferson, leading the pledge. She then led roll call which asked members if they could keep just one picture what would it be? Members answered with family pictures, baby pictures or fun photos. Cathy Drennan then handed out chart paper to members with a question for members to answer; members shared their answers while the club made notes. The club then decided on their club name; Reba’s idea of the Creative Crew outvoted others. In partners members presented a summary of some scrapbooking tips, techniques and problems. The club learned about the “Z” movement which places elements of the page in a “Z” shape to guide the eye naturally. Marita Oudshoorn discussed the colour wheel and monochromatic schemes with the club. To help a picture stand out on a page members should use colours that are not too bold and that complement the picture. Next, members began to scrapbook. The club members used some of the techniques they learned and created some beautiful pages on themselves, family and memorable moments in their lives. Maisy and Reba Jefferson provided the snack for the club and Reba ended the meeting with the pledge. ELECT JOE STEFFLER for DEPUTY-MAYOR HURON EAST October 25, 2010 WINNERS FROM THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY LIVING WINGHAM & DISTRICT LOTTERY DINNER & DANCE EARLY BIRD DRAWS FOR $100.: Marvin & Bev Reesor, Dave Millen. $100. Winners:Donna & Allan Snowden, Don & Nancy Ross, Brad Neabel, Marg & Ron McClement, Doug & Lis Hargrave, Lucknow Legion, Brad & Katie Dent, Kathy & Don Hinschberger. $250. Winners:Laurie Goetz, Jason & Connie Goodall, Joyce Ireland, Dave and Arlene Hills. $500. Winners:Jim & Virginia Nelemans, Dave & Lisa Harding $1,000. Winner:Mike & Sheila Moore. Thank you to everyone who purchased or sold tickets. The Blyth Arena Board met on Wednesday, Sept. 22 for its regular meeting. The board accepted a $1,000 donation from the 13th annual Barn Dance Jamboree/ Campout Weekend. This donation is toward the weather siren, now installed at the Blyth campground. Purchases for the Blyth Community Centre from the Living Tree Fund were approved by the board and included new dry erase coaching boards for the arena dressing rooms and a new portable projector screen for the facility. Other highlights from the meeting included the circulation of the new North Huron Skate Patrol policy to improve safety during public skating. The Township of North Huron sponsors free public skating in Blyth on Sundays from 1 - 3 p.m. The first skate is on Sunday, Oct. 10. The Blyth Arena Board is made up of representatives from groups that regularly use the facility. It meets at least three times per year. The board’s mandate is to address concerns or issues brought forward by users and the community regarding the facility, the surrounding grounds and programs that occur at the site. The board also administers the Living Tree Fund which receives donations from the public, and groups that show their appreciation for the use of the facility by making a donation over and above the rental fee. Active members of this board include the Blyth Legion, Blyth Lions, Blyth Ladies Legion Auxiliary, the Skate Board Park committee, Minor Hockey and the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association. Citizens or groups that share an interest in this community facility may contact North Huron Councillor Brock Vodden, chairman of the board to discuss becoming a member. The next meeting of the board is Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 at the Blyth Community Centre. Barn Dance Jamboree donates $1,000 to Blyth Arena Board for weather siren Applications for Appointment to the 2010 Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee Ted Doherty Director of EducaƟ on Jenny Versteeg Chair The Avon Maitland District School Board is required to appoint a Compliance Audit Committee in ac- cordance with the Municipal Elections Act and is seeking interested applicants for appointment to this committee. There will be three individuals ap- pointed from across the counties of Huron and Perth. The purpose of the Election Compliance Audit Committee is to: • Consider compliance audit applications made by electors and decide whether they should be granted or rejected; • If an application is granted, appoint an auditor to conduct a compliance audit of the candidate’s election campaign fi nances; • Receive and consider the auditor’s report, decide if legal proceedings should commence for contraventions, decide if there were reasonable grounds for the application and recover the costs of conducting the compliance audit from the applicant if no apparent contraventions were found. Persons interested in an appointment to this committee are asked to submit their request in writing to: Janet Baird-Jack- son, Superintendent of Business and Treasurer, Avon Maitland District School Board, 62 Chalk Street North, Seaforth, ON N0K 1W0 by Friday, October 1, 2010. For further information, please contact Janet Baird-Jackson by email at jbj@fc.amdsb.ca. By Koreen Moss 519-526-1060 kandkmoss@ sympatico.ca PEOPLE AROUND AUBURN